Plate-attaching means



Jan. 24, 1928. 1 657 038 D. N. Ross PLATE ATTACHING MEANS Filed May 9,1927 lllllldxillllalllnllllllll BJ nmdm Attorneys.

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Patented dan. Z4, 19238.

.UNITED STATES rarer-ar 4orries.

DAVD N. ROSSfOF INDIANAPOLIS, ENDEANA, ASSIG-NOR TO DAVID N. ROSS,INCOR- PORATED, OF INDILNAPDLIS, INDNA, .ff-l. CRPOR-ATON 0F INDA'NA.

IEfLATE-ATTACEIING MEANS.

Application inea may e,

Mostowners of automobiles are members of 'some automobile club orassociation, or carry insurance ontheir cars.` As evidence of Suchfacts, the owners receive a'plate in- 5 dicative of the club,association, or insurance company, to be attached to the front end ofthe car.

Heretofore, suchplates have been provided with flexible Wires eithersoldered or brazed to the back of the plate or passe-c through theplates with retaining heads, whereby the plates may he positioned andsecured on the front of the radiator cores of the cars. Other means,such as studs permanently fixed to the plates or passed through theplates have been employed. fill of such means, however, have become lessif not entirely inoperative through the advent of the radiator shutterwhich covers the front side of the radiator core and there-y foreprevents display of such plates thereon. 1t has, therefore, becomenecessary to attach the plates to some other member ofthe car, and themost satisfactory member is the usual transverse brace or tie rodbetween the fenders .or head lamps or a front bumper bar. is suchbraces, rods, and bars vary considerably in cross-sectional shape andsize, the old means of Wires or studs being spaced apart at a fireddistance can not be employed to meet such variations. Moreover, studs orWires permanently fined to the plates interfere greatly in shipping1 theplates in quantity.

This invention overcomes all these difliculties by providing the meansfor attaching the plates that is universally adapted to the entire rangeof sizes and shapes of braces, rods, and bars encountered in auto mobilepractice, and is described in roten ence to the accompanying drawing, 1u

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the attaching means supporting; a platein relatimrto a section of small diameter tubing;

Fig. 2, a rear elevation of the attaching` means; Y

Fig. 3, an end elevation of the attaching means; i

Fig. 4l, a section on the line 1H/1 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5, a side elevation of the attaching means supporting; a plate inrelation to a large, bar square in cross section.

Lilie characters of reference indicate like isa?. serial No. leaf/7e.

parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

` To the back of the plate 10 to be supported or attached is brazed,Welded, or soldered (the method of axing being1 immaterial) a bar 11, sothat the bar becomes firmly and permanently secured to the plate 10. Thebar 11 has a central inverted Ll-section portion to provide the surface12 .spaced above the plate 10.

The surface 12 has a central opening 18 cut through, and extendingcentrally of the surface 12 each Way from the opening 13 are the slotslll' and 15, the slots terminating before reaching` the outer ends ofthe surface 12. A square-headed bolt 16 is entered by its head 17through the opening 13 to be engaged by the slot 111, the head 17beingthereby retained from the under side of the surface 12. Similarly,a bolt 1S is entered in the opening 13 and moved into the other slot 15to-have its head 19 retained under the surface 12.

The plate 1G is then presented to the supporting; rod 2O in 1, or anyother available support such as the har 21 in Fig. 5, to have the bar 11transversely Contact the rod 2O bythe surface 12 with the bolt 16passing to one side of the rod 2O and the bolt 1S to the other side.'lhe tivo bolts 16 and 18 are moved in the slots 14: and 15 to Ward therod 2() therebetween, and a har 22, ha 7ing; the rod contacting feet 23and 211 with the outwardly extended central invertved tl-sectiontherebetween7 is presented behind the rod 2G to permit the bolts 1S and18 to extend therethrough.

The section 25 perforated with a plural ity of closely spaced holes 26through which the bolts 16 and 18 may selectively be passed asdetermined by the diameter or Width of the rod 20. it lock Washer 27 andWing nut 28 is used on each bolt 16 and 18 to hear against the surfacewhereby the tivo feet 23 and 24 press against the rod 2O to grip itfirmly against and on the surface 12, which in effect is a grip on therod between the two points from the rear side and the single point onthe forward side.

[is above indicated, the bolts 16 and 18 may be spaced apart in theslots 1st and 15 to accommodate various sizes of supporting rods and thelike. Also, it is to be noted, that the bolts 16 and 18 are ofsufficient length to accommodate the varying` size of supports. lhilethe plate l() here shown is eireular in shape, sueh shape immaterial tothe invention as the har 'll may he attaehetl to the haelt ol an)Y othershaped plate.

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1. Means 'for attaching a plate to a snpportcomprising' a har eeeureclto the plate, a surface extended 'from the har to leave a space from theplate thereiuuler, said sur l'aee havingI a (zentral (meningtheretln'ough anfl a taloty extending;"troni the openingtoward eaeh enflet the extemleffl sur'lfaee, holte entereffl through Saul openingl intosaid slot to have their heafla retaiuexl thereuinler, a Seeoml liarhaving' a plurality ot holen to Heleetively reeeive sairl holtetherethroitgl]` sairl support heine' between said two hars, :unl nuts onsaid bolts.

Means :tor attachingY a `plate to a Support comprisingl a har otsubstantial length Seeurecl to the plate. an inverted U-seetioneentrally extended from the har throughout, its length, Said U-seetionhaving' a central opening therethrough, aiul a longitudinal slot fromopposite sides ot the opening' in the U-eeetion toward eaeh erul, aseeiuul har, .1 central ,longittulinal inverleil U-Heetion extencletl'lronl saitl har iu the saine relation an that ot Saitl first harI`saiul ilseetion oi the second har having," a pluralityY ol' holentherethroughyholte guided in said aleta, heaila on Said holte retainedunder nairl Flota1 :mill holte being Selmftively paasetl thrrulnllluaiil Useetion holes, and nuts on .wahl holte.

3. llleans l'oi atlaehiue' a plate to a null port eoinprisinrf a ha i.'Heeurerl lo the plate. a longitudinal iansetl section ot the harharinai4 a slot suhstantially throuejlnmt ilu leue'lh an l au enlargedolieniuer into aaitl Slot, hollel having hearts arlanterl to enter Haulopening; and he passed uniler salrl alot, a aeeoiul har engager-l bysaid holte, saiil support heiner hetween Saul two harsj unl etait!eef'oilfl har having" two linee` ot Contact en Haul aupnort npaeetlapart one trom the other.

In testimonyv whereof I allix my airnlal ure.

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